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[adamsapple]

"In the gaming business, we are moving away from a hardware centric business model more to a platform business that expands the community and increases engagement." - Sadahiko Hayakawa

Link to the original tweet since embedding seems to be having issues.

Original tweet:

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[//DEVIL//]

Yup. They are going multi platform just like Xbox..
Doesn't matter if it's day one or a year later. They are going everywhere.

The tears will be legendary.

 

[LordOcidax]

 

[tmlDan]

Did you guys seriously think hardware would be a priority forever? Cloud will eventually take over, services will eventually take over, physical will disappear.

Hardware will always be there but it will not be the majority, it'll be old guys clinging to the past

 

[Buggy Loop]

 

[adamsapple]

Are we feeling engaged, folks?

 

[SappYoda]

 

[Represent.]

Multiplatform confirmed.

Spoiler

Disgusting

 

[AJUMP23]

Sony getting out the creative ponies.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Let's get our boy Goldblum in here

 

[tTHANOSs]

Yup. They are going multi platform just like Xbox..
Doesn't matter if it's day one or a year later. They are going everywhere.

Lol it's over.

Lol what. They have already said this shit before.

 

[Punished Miku]

No shit. Someday you punks will learn to listen to me.

Post in thread 'Former Bend Studio Developer, Robert Morrison, says "PlayStation needs to:"'

Aug 6, 2025

I agree with 90% of that list but I give any of those things happening a close to zero probability. Sony has become greedy AF and they're out chasing the almighty dollar which negates the majority of those suggestions.

It's tough because they're going to have a difficult time producing enough exclusive content to convince people to pay $800 (or however much it'll cost) for a PS6 when people can just download Steam onto their laptops.

I think they're going to have cross gen PS5 games for 75% of the PS6 gen. PS6 hardware sales will slow down. Costs will keep increasing. And Sony...

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[Tiago Rodrigues]

I mean...yeah. That was obvious ever since they released Horizon on PC.

 

[diffusionx]

Can't pay the bills with engagement.

Terrible idea and will kill the company.

 

[GHG]

See ya playstation, it was nice knowing you.

 

[nial]

Sony has said as much since, like, 2023. The way you can twist that statement is a completely different thing.

 

[adamsapple]

See ya playstation, it was nice knowing you.

 

[roosnam1980]

goodbye playstation , you had a great run

 

[The Cockatrice]

And yet we still aren't getting Blooborne on PC and other platforms.

 

[LordOcidax]

I am starting to believe that Microsoft is the real video game market leader after all…

 

[VGA-Games]

Awesome

 

[protonion]

Bye Sony. It will be slow and painful.

China, time to make your move.

 

[harmonize]

Can't wait to see how the fanboys spin this lol.

 

[tmlDan]

Awesome

Nintendo next, once the old guard dies or retires they will follow suit

 

[splattered]

Not that long ago people on here were laughing at "the cloud" and the thought of certain companies expanding to other platforms... and now here we are, as expected.

Will be interesting to see if this is a one generation experiment thing for PS6/SX2 and then they return to form after or if its this will indeed be our forever gaming future.

 

[diffusionx]

Did you guys seriously think hardware would be a priority forever? Cloud will eventually take over, services will eventually take over, physical will disappear.

Hardware will always be there but it will not be the majority, it'll be old guys clinging to the past

you seriously think people are all going to be playing games in cloud?

 

[LordOcidax]

Can't wait to see how the fanboys spin this lol.

"Is a bad translation" incoming.

 

[Topher]

 

[tmlDan]

you seriously think people are all going to be playing games in cloud?

Did i say that? re-read it. I never said cloud is the only way to play.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

for the second half of the PS5 life cycle. Nothing to see here


also they see Xbox as a diminishing platform without relevance. Benevolent Sony is porting their games to that platform just to make those gamers the taste of greatness.

 

[Punished Miku]

"Playstation Hardware is an Increasingly Unstable Investment"
- IGN, probably

"Playstation prestige at all time low"
- BryanK, probably

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Bye Sony. It will be slow and painful.

China, time to make your move.

This would be the killer move.

It's unbelievable they dont see it coming. They will fade into irrelevance in 1-2 gens as latest.

 

[kruis]

If this is true, then the PS5 Pro is the last Playstation I'll own.

 

[onQ123]

Original tweet:

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Digital Locker , Only Nintendo will be able to avoid this .

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Thread 'IMO Sony is forced to release their games on PC because soon it will be all about the digital locker & being able to play your games anywhere'

Jan 17, 2020

If Sony didn't release games on PC they would be at a disadvantage in the digital locker age. in the digital locker age hardware will not matter you will just buy the software & play it wherever you like but it would be pointless for people to choose to by from Sony if their licence only worked for PS5.

This is where we are headed

Next mind bending prediction: You will be able to play PS5 games on your PS4 , Xbox One , Xbox Scarlet , PC , Mac , Android phone & iPhone even if you don't own a PS5.

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[Gamer_By_Proxy]

FAFO Sony. You go day and date on pc, I'll get all your games cheaper on a steam key site and not buy your hardware.

 

[FalconPunch]

Wishing @bryan75k was still here. His takes would be quite entertaining.

 

[adamsapple]

FAFO Sony. You go day and date on pc, I'll get all your games cheaper on a steam key site and not buy your hardware.

They're selling the units at a loss per Kepler, they're probably happy getting more of your money from software sales.

 

[GoldenEye98]

Console warriors aren't gonna to like this

 

[LordOcidax]

for the second half of the PS5 life cycle. Nothing to see here


also they see Xbox as a diminishing platform without relevance. Benevolent Sony is porting their games to that platform just to make those gamers the taste of greatness.

 

[Loxus]

That reads different from just putting games on Xbox though.

 

[ecosse_011172]

I don't doubt for a second that at one point everything will be cloud-based, that was obvious, Google were just way too early.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

They're selling the units at a loss per Kepler, they're probably happy getting more of your money from software sales.

I'd get them cheaper, with no sub, and no hardware purchase. It's Steam that makes out like a bandit.

 

[Punished Miku]

Best you can hope for now is that they copy the Play Anywhere program and make a PC store. Physical bros on suicide watch.

 

[Rosoboy19]

And yet we still aren't getting Blooborne on PC and other platforms.

Bloodborne works fine on my pc

 

[memoryman3]

If this is true, then the PS5 Pro is the last Playstation I'll own.

I mean is this a bad thing? Sony would probably make more money out of you buying their games instead of the system with just the exclusives. The loss leader model works if you buy the system + lots of third party games + lots of MTX.

 

[Mr Moose]

They want to kill PlayStation? (PlayStation is a console, just like Xbox is a console).

Original Tweet is gone? adamsapple
Edit: Went to their page and it's there, weird.

 

[onQ123]

If this is true, then the PS5 Pro is the last Playstation I'll own.

How does this effect your enjoyment of a console?

Back in the day it made sense to stick to one hardware because the specs were unique but now a PS5 game is basically a Xbox Series & PC game it will only take a small effort to port them over to the other platforms.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Nintendo is now!

 

[memoryman3]

Nintendo is now!

Ray tracing could prevent their platform from ever getting universal support from third parties.

 

[K' Dash]

They want to kill PlayStation? (PlayStation is a console, just like Xbox is a console).

Original Tweet is gone? adamsapple

Xbox have not been console centric for years now.